Etchika Choureau
Choureau in Darby's Rangers (1958)
Born(1929-11-19)19 November 1929
Paris, France
Died25 January 2022(2022-01-25) (aged 92)
Rabat, Morocco
Other namesJeannine Paulette Verret
OccupationActress
Years active1953–1966 (film)
Spouses
  • Max Choureau
    (m. 19??; div. 19??)
Philippe Rheims
​
(m. 1968)​
PartnerPrince Moulay Hassan (1956–1961)

Etchika Choureau, born Jeaninne Paulette Verret (19 November 1929 – 25 January 2022), was a French film actress, active from 1953 to 1966. She remained in the spotlight thereafter for her continued friendship with her former lover, King Hassan II of Morocco.

Career

Choureau's first feature film was The Other Side of Paradise, in 1953. Over her short career, she appeared in 17 feature films, and one TV movie, before retiring in 1966.[1]

Personal life

She was born Jeaninne Paulette Verret, in Paris, France.[1] Her first husband was Max Choureau.[1] The couple had been divorced for some time when she met Prince Moulay Hassan in 1956, who was then heir to the Moroccan throne.[1][2] The couple entered a relationship until February 1961, when Hassan succeeded his father as king; Hassan's culture, and his royal responsibilities, required him to breakup with the foreign, Christian, divorced, Choureau and marry a Muslim Moroccan – marrying Lalla Latifa in November 1961.[1][2] Choureau and Hassan remained close lifelong friends, and the friendship extended to her second husband, Philippe Rheims, whom she married in 1968.[1]

Choureau died on 25 January 2022, at the age of 92.[3]

Filmography

Year Title Role
1953 The Other Side of Paradise Violaine Roumégoux
1953 I Vinti Simone
1953 Children of Love Anne-Marie et Geneviève
1954 Les Intrigantes Marie
1954 Service Entrance Marie-Lou
1954 A Girl from Paris
1955 Les Fruits de l'été Juliette Gravières
1955 L'impossible Monsieur Pipelet Jacqueline Martin
1956 La foire aux femmes Ludvine
1956 The Whole Town Accuses Catherine Aravitte
1956 Les lumières du soir Catherine Hessler
1957 I colpevoli Sandra
1958 Darby's Rangers Angelina De Lotta / Dittmann
1958 Lafayette Escadrille Renée Beaulieu
1963 Prostitution Olga
1964 Angélique, Marquise des Anges Hortense de Sancé de Monteloup
1966 Paris au mois d'août Simone Plantin

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Koslowski, Nina; Boudarham, Mohammed (25 January 2022). "Etchika Choureau, le grand amour de Hassan II" [Etchika Choureau, Great Love of Hassan II]. TelQuel (in French). Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  2. ^ a b Hughes, Stephen O. (2001). Morocco Under King Hassan. Reading, Berkshire: Ithaca Press. pp. 101–102, 194. ISBN 0-86372-285-7. Retrieved 28 October 2023 – via Internet Archive text collection.
  3. ^ Majdi, Yassine (25 January 2022). "Décès de l'ancienne actrice, et grand amour de Hassan II, Etchika Choureau" [Death of the Former Actress, and Great Love of Hassan II, Etchika Choureau]. TelQuel (in French). Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

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